Guard-rail for railroad-tracks.



No. 759,677. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904. A. GORTS. GUARD RAIL FOR RAILROADTRACKS.

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N0. 759,677. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

' A. GORTS.

GUARD RAIL FOR RAILROAD TRACKS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 14. 1904. N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

AUGUST OORTS, OF WYNOOTE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR TO WILLIAM WHARTON,JR, & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ACORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GUARD-RAIL FOR RAILROAD-TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,677, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed March 14, 1904:.

To roll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST Oon'rs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wyncote, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements inGuard-Rails for Railroad-Tracks, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in guard-rails and spacingdevices for separating the guard-rail from the main rail of arailway-track.

The object of my invention is to simplify track structures of this typeby making one of the spacing-blocks integral with the guardrail or withthe facing portion of the guardrail, as fully described hereinafter,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aplan view of a main rail and a guardrail, illustrating my invention.Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the guard-rail, the facing portion, andthe wedges illustrated in Fig. 1, the parts being detached. Fig. A is aperspective view showing a modification of the guard-rail illustrated inFig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged seetional view similar to Fig. 2, butillustrating the modification shown in Fig. A.

A is the main rail of a railroad-track. Bis the guard-rail, secured tothe main rail in the present instance by clamps O and wedges c.

Ithas been a common practice to place two wedge-shaped blocks betweenthe guardrail and the main rail with their inclined sides bearingagainst each other, so that as the face of the guard-rail wears away itcan be moved toward the main rail by properly adjusting thespacing-blocks, thus keeping the space between the rails of a standardwidth. Heretofore both wedges have been loose and separate from therails, while different means have been provided for holding them inposition; but by my inventionlmake one of the wedge blocks integral withthe guard-rail and only the other block loose and adjustable.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, I have shown Serial No. 197,962. (Nomodel.)

a guard-rail B made in two parts-a facing portion and a body portion,the facing portion D being mounted in a recess in the body portion ofthe guard-rail, the rail in this case being a section of an ordinaryrailroad-rail bent outward at each end. As illustrated in Fig. 3, thefacing portion and the body portion are each provided with holes for thepassage of rivets, bolts, or other securing devices for securelyattaching the facing portion to the body portion of the rail. 1

The facing D is preferably of hard metal, such as manganese-steel, andcast integral therewith are wedge-shaped blocks (Z (Z, two in thepresent instance, having ribbed faces which,

interlock with the ribbed faces on the detachable wedge blocksF F. Thebacks of the detachable wedge blocks F fit betweenthe head and thebase-flange of the main rail, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

In some instances I may make the entire guard-rail of a casting of hardmetal, such as manganese-steel, and this form of rail is elearl yillustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

B is a cast rail of this kind having the wedge-shaped spacing-blocks (Z(1 formed integral therewith, these spacing-blocks having ribbed faceswhich interlock with the ribbed faces of the detachable wedgespacingblocks F F.

I claim as my invention- 1. A guard-rail for railroad-tracks havingawedge-shaped spacing-block formed integral therewith, substantially asdescribed.

2. A guard-rail for railroad-tracks having a wedge-shaped spacing-blockformed integral therewith, said wedge-block having a ribbed face,substantially as described.

3. The combination in a guard-rail, of a facing portion having awedge-shaped spacingblock formed integral therewith, a body por tion,and means for securing the two parts together, substantially asdescribed.

A. The combination in a guard-rail, of a hard-metal facing portionhaving a wedgeshaped spacing-block formed integral therewith, a bodyportion recessed to receive the rail for railway-tracks having aspacing-block facing, and means for securing the two parts formedintegral therewith, substantially as together, substantially asdescribed. described.

5. The combination of amain rail,- a guard- In testimony WhereofIhavesigned myname 5 5 rail, a permanent Wedge block formed integral to thisspecification in the presence of tWo sub- With the guard-rail, 'and adetachable Wedge scribing Witnesses. block placed between the permanentWedge block and the main rail, and means for securing the guard-rail tothe main rail, substan- WVitnesses: IO tially as described. WILL. A.BARR,

6. As a new article of manufacture, a guard- J 0s. H. KLEIN.

AUGUST CORTS.

